Accounting Graduate Certificate

Accounting Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• BA 610 - Accounting and Finance Foundation
• BA 720 - Applied Managerial Accounting
• BA 765 - Financial Decision Making
• BA 780 - Managerial Finance
• BA 786 - Cash Management and Investments
• BA 795 - Special Studies Project (1-3 semester hours)

Biology Graduate Certificate

Biology Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• BI 500 - Scientific Literature, Analysis and Writing
• BI 510 - Comparative Anatomy
• BI 550 - Bioinformatics
• BI 551 - Proteomics
• BI 552 - Metabolomics
• BI 600 - Research Methods in Biology

Chemistry Graduate Certificate

Chemistry Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• CH 500 - Scientific Literature, Analysis and Writing
• CH 510 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
• CH 550 - Bioinformatics
• CH 551 - Proteomics
• CH 552 - Metabolomics
• CH 600 - Research Methods in Chemistry

Communication Graduate Certificate

Communication Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• CM 500 - Survey of Communication Research
• CM 550 - Composition and Rhetoric
• CM 551 - Technical and Professional Writing
• CM 552 - Cross-Cultural Communication
• CM 553 - Persuasion and Argumentation
• CM 600 - Research Methods in Communication

Economics Graduate Certificate

Economics Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• BA 600 - Economics and Statistics Foundation
• BA 710 - Applied Macroeconomic Theory
• BA 715 - Applied Microeconomic Theory
• BA 735 - International Trade and Finance
• BA 780 - Managerial Finance
• BA 795 - Special Studies Project (1-3 semester hours)

English as a Second Language (ESL) Graduate Certificate

English as a Second Language (ESL) Graduate Certificate Requirements (9 semester hours):

• ES 722 - Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics
• ES 724 - Teaching Methods in ESL
• ES 730 - Teaching Practicum and Professional Practice

Human Resources Graduate Certificate

Human Resources Graduate Certificate Requirements (9 semester hours):

• BA 775 - Human Resources Management
• BA 776 - Human Resources Strategy and Planning
• BA 784 - Talent Development and Performance Management

Kodály Graduate Certificate

The Kodály Certificate Program offers professional development for working educators culminating in a certification in Kodály methodology.

• This degree is twenty (20) semester hours and includes three summers with two weeks on campus each summer.
• The course includes Kodály Levels I-III. The first summer would include the following courses: Kodály Methods I (includes the First Steps of Music curriculum), Solfege I, Folk Song History and Research I, Choir, and a Special Topics course.
• Students usually take six (6) to seven (7) semester hours each summer.

• MU 601 - Choral Ensemble (0-1 semester hours) Two (2) semester hours required.
• MU 610 - Kodály Methods I (2 semester hours)
• MU 611 - Solfege I (2 semester hours)
• MU 612 - Folk Song History and Research I (2 semester hours)
• MU 613 - Choral Conducting Techniques (1 semester hour)
• MU 620 - Kodály Methods II (2 semester hours)
• MU 621 - Solfege II (2 semester hours)
• MU 623 - Fold Song History and Research II (1 semester hour)
• MU 630 - Kodály Methods III (2 semester hours)
• MU 631 - Solfege III (2 semester hours)
• MU 632 - Choral Literature and Advanced Conducting (2 semester hours)
• MU 680 - Special Topics (1-3 semester hours) Four (4) semester hours required.

Leadership Graduate Certificate

Leadership Graduate Certificate Requirements (9 semester hours):

• LO 700 - Leadership: Theories and Perspectives
• LO 710 - Leadership Seminar: Systems Theory, Adaptive and Servant Leadership
• Three (3) additional semester hours of any graduate business administration (BA) or leadership and organizational development (LO) coursework. 

Mathematics Graduate Certificate

Mathematics Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• MA 500 - Foundations of Mathematics
• MA 550 - Analysis
• MA 551 - Axiomatic Geometry
• MA 552 - Applied Linear Algebra
• MA 553 - Probability Theory and Statistics
• MA 600 - Research Methods in Mathematics

Music Graduate Certificate

Music Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• MU 611 - Solfege I (2 semester hours)
• MU 613 - Choral Conducting Techniques (1 semester hour)

• OR MU 640 - Vocal Pedagogy for Music Educators (1 semester hour)  

• MU 632 - Choral Literature and Advanced Conducting (2 semester hours)

• OR MU 633 - Wind Band Literature (2 semester hours)  

• MU 634 - Modern Western Art Music
• MU 652 - Philosophical Foundations & Current Perspectives in Music Education
• MU 680 - Special Topics (1-3 semester hours)
• MU 695 - Special Studies Project

Project Management Graduate Certificate

Project Management Graduate Certificate Requirements (9 semester hours):

• BA 781 - Fundamentals of Project Management
• BA 782 - Managing the Project Team
• BA 794 - Project Risk Management